scholarly journals Impact of Working Capital Policies on Firm’s Performance, Evidence from Pakistan

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Mushtaq Nadeem ◽  
Muhammad Waris
Keyword(s):  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Tobin’S Q ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Tobin's Q ◽  
Financing Policy ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Cash Conversion Cycle ◽  
The Relationship

The main objective our study is to explore the relationship between working capital policies and firm’s performance. Using OLS method to analysis the data after fulfilling the assumption of the regression, this study finds the working capital components (APP, ICP, CCC) and the firms’ performance are negatively correlated with the ROA and Tobin-q except ACP which shows significant relationship with Tobin Q. All working capital components show the significant relationship with ROE, which indicates that most firms used shareholder’s equity to increase firm’s value. The relationship between the APP and the firms’ performance has shown mixed results. This study shows that the ACP and the firms’ performance are positively related. However, the companies are showing the positive relationship between the ACP and the firms’ performance as measured by the ROE and Tobin’s Q. This indicates that the shorter ACP in a firm is more preferable to the shareholders. All companies show a positive relationship between the CFP and the firms’ performance. The relationship indicates that the conservative financing policy is a policy which carries a higher amount of current liabilities will contribute to negative firms’ profitability and value. The negative relationship between the CLTAR and the firms’ performance indicates that the higher current liabilities in a firm will be a factor towards lower firms’ performance. The aggressive financing policy is only significant in all the independent variables. The ROA found CFP and CIP as significant, while in ROE CFP is significant. AIP, CIP and CFP are significant in Tobin Q. Abstract: CATAR, CLTAR, ROI, ROE. Cash Conversion Cycle

scholarly journals The Relationship between Working Capital Management and Profitability: Evidence from Pakistan

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 14-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadeem Iqbal ◽  
Naveed Ahmad ◽  
Zeeshan Riaz
Keyword(s):  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Theoretical Research ◽  
Capital Management ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Working Capital Management ◽  
Cash Conversion Cycle ◽  
Collection Period ◽  
The Relationship

In this paper secondary data is used for analysis of working capital on profitability. In this research paper we take working capital as independent variable and net operating profit as dependent variable. We have found a significant negative relationship between net operating profitability and the average collection period, inventory turnover in days, average payment period and cash conversion cycle for a sample of Pakistani firms listed on Karachi stock exchange. Previous theoretical research predicts negative relationship between cash conversion cycle and corporate profitability. The results of regression indicate that the coefficient of account receivable is negative; that is, the increase or decrease in average collection period wills significantly affect the profitability of the firm. According to inter-item correlation matrix the relationship of account receivables, account payables and inventory with profit shows positive relationship but cash conversion cycle, financial debt and financial assets shows negative relationship with profitability. Inventory shows the positive relationship with dependent variable which proves that working capital management has a positive effect on firm’s probability.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Working Capital Management and Financial Sustainability of Selected Christian Denominations in Ghana

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Williams Kwasi Peprah ◽  
Isaac Anowuo ◽  
Daniel Adofo Kwakye Ameyaw
Keyword(s):  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Financial Sustainability ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Current Ratio ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Not For Profit Organizations ◽  
For Profit Organizations

Management of working capital is a fundamental aspect of finance. This is because it affects the church's liquidity and financial sustainability. The study sort of establishing the relationship between working capital and financial sustainability for selected Christian denominations in Ghana. Using bivariate correlation application in SPSS 23, the financial statements from 2013 to 2017 of 15 Christian Council of Ghana denominational members conveniently sampled and analyzed. Working capital is represented by liquidity ratios of current ratio, and cash ratio and financial sustainability are epitomized by self-support. The study revealed that there was a positive relationship between working capital and financial sustainability among Christian denomination in Ghana. In a detailed outcome, there was a statistically small positive significant relationship between self-support and cash ratio and statistically large positive significant relationship between self-support and current ratio. The study recommends to churches in Ghana to seek an enhancing relationship between their working capital and financial sustainability to prevent a possible closure of the church. Not-for-profit organizations must seek self-support through income generation and diversification to improve their Liquidity. Again, not-for-profit organizations must have a positive relationship between working capital and financial sustainability in that churches exist because of liquidity.

scholarly journals The relationship of capital structure decisions with firm performance: A study of the engineering sector of Pakistan

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Ghafoor Khan
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Capital Structure ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Engineering Industry ◽  
Tobin’S Q ◽  
Financial Leverage ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Tobin's Q ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to find the relationship of capital structure decision with the performance of the firms in the developing market economies like Pakistan.Methodology: Pooled Ordinary Least Square regression was applied to 36 engineering sector firms in Pakistani market listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) during the period 2003-2009.Findings: The results show that financial leverage measured by short term debt to total assets (STDTA) and total debt to total assets (TDTA) has a significantly negative relationship with the firm performance measured by Return on Assets (ROA), Gross Profit Margin (GM) and Tobin’s Q. The relationship between financial leverage and firm performance measured by the return on equity (ROE) is negative but insignificant. Asset size has an insignificant relationship with the firm performance measured by ROA and GM but negative and significant relationship exists with Tobin’s Q. Firms in the engineering sector of Pakistan are largely dependent on short term debt but debts are attached with strong covenants which affect the performance of the firm.Originality/Value: This is first paper to study an individual sector like engineering industry in Pakistan on the mentioned topic.

scholarly journals Components of working capital and profitability in Saudi Arabian companies

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 52-62
Author(s):  
Abdul Rahman Shaik
Keyword(s):  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Tobin’S Q ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Tobin's Q ◽  
Return On Equity ◽  
Cash Conversion Cycle ◽  
Operating Profit ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Firm Profitability

The study examines the influence of the cash conversion cycle (one of the components of working capital) on the firm profitability measured in terms of return on equity (ROE), return on assets (ROA), Tobin’s q, and gross operating profit (GROP) in the manufacturing sector of Saudi Arabia. The study selects a sample of 100 companies from nine industrial sectors listed on the Tadawul Stock Exchange starting from 2008 to 2019. A pooled regression is estimated to report the empirical results. The results report a positive and significant association between the components of working capital in terms of cash conversion cycle and the firm profitability in terms of ROA, ROE, and Tobin’s q, except for the GROP, where there is a negative and significant relationship. The study reports that the growth in firm performance is associated with supplier’s financing terms and inventory ordering cost. The results also show that larger firms are more profitable than smaller firms. Hence, the current study confirms the formulated hypothesis of having a significant association between the components of working capital and firm profitability.

scholarly journals Working Capital Management and the Profitability of Non- Financial Firms Listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Gachira ◽  
Washington Chiwanzwa ◽  
Dingilizwe Jacob Nkomo ◽  
Runesu Chikore
Keyword(s):  
Firm Value ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Capital Management ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Working Capital Management ◽  
Financial Firms ◽  
Cash Conversion Cycle ◽  
The Impact

Working capital is essential for the day-to-day operations of a firm. The study examines the impact of working capital management on the profitability of non-financial firms listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE). Using panel data methodology, the direction and extent of the impact of working capital management on profitability is scrutinised. The regression analysis is based on a panel sample of 39 non-financial firms listed on the ZSE from 2009 to 2013, the period under which the Zimbabwean economy has been operating under the multicurrency system. It was found that there is a positive relationship between debtors’ days and firm’s profitability, a negative relationship between creditors’ days and profitability and a positive relationship between firm’s cash conversion cycle and its profitability. There is some negative relationship between current ratio and profitability, while inventory turnover days and profitability are positively related. Debt to asset ratio as a control variable has a significant negative relationship with firm value and profitability. The results of the study show that for the companies included in the sample, there are mixed effects of the components of working capital on firm performance. Managers can thus create value for shareholders by taking note of the existence of such relationships and take measures that enhance firm profitability.

scholarly journals AGGREGATE AND DISAGGREGATE MEASURES OF OPERATING AND NON-OPERATING WORKING CAPITAL INFLUENCE ON FIRM PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM MALAYSIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (No.1) ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Rabia Bashir ◽  
Angappan Regupathi
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Tobin’S Q ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
Tobin's Q ◽  
Cash Conversion Cycle ◽  
Long Term Performance ◽  
Term Performance

The study is aimed at investigating the following issues: firstly, whether the different types of working capital, namely operating and non-operating working capital influence the short-term (return on assets) and long-term (Tobin’s Q) firm performance differently, and secondly whether the different measures of operating working capital, namely disaggregated and aggregated (cash conversion cycle) operating working capital, influence the short-term (return on assets) and long-term (Tobin’s Q) firm performance differently. It uses the panel data of 208 listed non-financial firms in Malaysia covering the period from 2013 to 2017, and the data has been sourced from Datastream. It employs the panel corrected standard errors regression model. The study has found that quicker sale of inventory increased both the short-term and long-term performance of the firm. Likewise, faster collection of receivables increased the long-term, but not short- term, performance. However, prompter payment of payables increased both the short-term and long-term performance. The study has also found that the disaggregated working capital measures – inventory, receivables, and payables contributed to a more nuanced influence of working capital on performance, compared to the aggregated working capital. The study has provided novel evidence that– higher non- operating working capital increased firm performance.

scholarly journals Impact of Working Capital Management on Profitability: A Case Study of Trading Companies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafathunnisa Syeda
Keyword(s):  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
Cash Conversion Cycle ◽  
Key Points ◽  
High Investment ◽  
Inventory Turnover ◽  
Collection Period ◽  
The Relationship

The success of any business depends on its profitability, liquidity, and solvency. Liquidity plays an important role in the successful running of a business. Many prior studies have been conducted to measure the relationship between working capital and profitability. The results showed that the high investment in inventories and receivables is associated with lower financial performance. They found a negative relationship between Return on Assets and Inventory turnover and Cash conversion cycle the present study is designed to know the direct impact of working capital on profitability by choosing the days of collection, days of payment, days inventory converts to sales and finally the cash conversion cycle. This study examines the association between the profitability and working capital using the data of 15 US trading companies for the period of 2015 to 2019. The key points in this study are firstly there exists a negative relationship between the profitability and the average collection period, the lower the average collection period higher will be the profitability, indicating that a decrease in the number of days a firm receives payment from sales affects the profitability of the firm positively. Secondly there is a highly significant positive relationship between average payment period and profitability. This implies that the longer a firm makes the payment to its creditors, the more profitable it is. Thirdly the cash conversion cycle decreases it will lead to an increase in profitability of the firm, and managers can create a positive value for the shareholders which indicates that it has been maintained. The regression analysis showed the value for the R-squared in the model is 0.584, i.e., 58.4% of the variation in the dependent variable Net Profitability is explained by the independent variables.

scholarly journals The Relation of Working Capital and Fixed Assets: a Study

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-60
Author(s):  
Mahdi Salehi
Keyword(s):  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Asset Return ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Fixed Assets ◽  
Regression Test ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The present study aims to investigate the relationship between working capital changes and fixed assets with asset return of 120 manufacturing listed companies in Tehran Stock Exchange during 2006-2010. Pearson correlation and Regression test are employed to determine the kind of relationship between dependent and independent variables, hypotheses test and evaluating normality of data respectively. The outcomes of the study suggest that there is a significant relationship between working capital changes and fixed assets with assets return in the research community.

scholarly journals A reassessment of the relationship between working capital management and firm performance: evidence from non-financial companies in Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-266
Author(s):  
Sunday Simon ◽  
Norfaiezah Sawandi ◽  
Mohamad Ali Abdul-Hamid
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Inventory Management ◽  
Tobin’S Q ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
Tobin's Q ◽  
Working Capital Management ◽  
Accounts Receivable ◽  
Cash Conversion Cycle ◽  
Accounts Payable ◽  
The Relationship

This paper reassesses the relationship between working capital management (WCM) and firm performance in the Nigerian context. The study is motivated by the limited insights available on the impacts of WCM on firm performance in the country. To date, most studies from Nigeria have been largely descriptive and focused on a small sample size that is non-representative of the population. In addition, there are limited rigorous statistical analyses involved in such studies. This paper addresses the methodological limitations apparent in prior literature and provides a better understanding of the relationship between WCM and firm performance, revealing how firms can manage their operations more profitably. The paper adopts a panel data regression analysis on a sample of 75 non-financial firms listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange from 2007 to 2015. The results of the analyses showed that WCM variables have an inconsistent relationship with the measures of performance adopted, which were return on assets and Tobin’s Q. Specifically, accounts receivable management and inventory management were negatively associated with the return on assets, while accounts payable management, cash conversion cycle and cash conversion efficiency were positively associated with return on assets. Additionally, accounts receivable management and inventory management were positively associated with Tobin’s Q, whereas accounts payable management, cash conversion cycle and cash conversion efficiency were negatively associated with Tobin’s Q. These results were found to be robust using quantile regression. The results of the quantile regression showed inconsistency across the various quantiles used (0.10, 0.25, 0.50 and 0.75). These findings have two important implications. The first is that WCM variables influence the performance of firms. The second is that the mixed findings partly indicate that firms and managers must understand and formulate WCM policies that reflect their peculiar conditions.

scholarly journals Corporate governance and firm performance in the Saudi banking industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Almoneef ◽  
Durga Prasad Samontaray
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Tobin’S Q ◽  
Board Size ◽  
Tobin's Q ◽  
Governance Practices

The current research aims to explore the impact of corporate governance on the Saudi banking performance for the period of 2014–2017. Though many researchers tested the relationship of corporate governance and firm performance, globally as well as in Saudi Arabia, however, during the literature review, it was found that many excluded the banking industry. This study tries to fill the gap by looking exclusively at the Saudi banking industry. Firm performance is measured through return on assets, return on equity, and Tobin’s Q as the dependent variables. The corporate governance practices are measured through the board characteristics (size, meeting, number of committees, independence, foreign board membership), and an audit committee (size, meeting, independence) as the independent variables. Firm size and firm age are the controls. Panel data analysis was implemented, using both descriptive and multivariate analysis through multiple regression to investigate the governance practices and firm performance. The empirical findings demonstrate that board size, audit committee meeting and bank size have a positive impact on ROE, whereas board independence has a negative impact on ROE. Similarly, board size and bank size have a positive relationship with ROA and board meeting has a negative relationship with ROA. Further, board (size and independence) and bank size have a positive relationship with Tobin’s Q, whereas number of board committees and bank age have a negative relationship with Tobin’s Q. Finally, audit committee (size and independence) and foreign board membership have no impact on the bank performance.

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